Ask the DA: Helping female offenders
I am proud to announce that this month I was recognized as an “innovator” by the National Resource Center for Justice-Involved Women (NRCJIW) for my Drew House Program http://cjinvolvedwomen.org/innovators-drew-house.
The NRCJIW, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Corrections and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, was established to enhance the sharing of information among practitioners and policymakers working with women in the criminal justice system.
I believe that gender-responsive programming, such as Drew House, will advance the objective of reducing crime by rehabilitating the female offender while at the same time offering services and support to her children, thereby breaking the cycle of yet another generation following the path to criminality.